British Classics

This anthology, first published in 1919, is very much a record of its time. Many of the poems deal with the cataclysmic trauma of World War One and the emergence of a new world order after the fading of the Edwardian era. Among the authors of the 151 poems can be found the names of Rupert Brooke and Ivor Gurney, best known as war poets, as well as James Joyce and the mystic philosopher Evelyn Underhill.

One look is all it takes for me to become instantly obsessed. Bianca is mine. I know it as surely as I know my name. Never mind that we’ve never met before and she doesn’t have a clue who I am. Laying eyes on my tiny angel makes this business trip all worth it. But then the universe throws a wrench in my plans because as luck would have it, Bianca is the daughter of the Bratva king I was sent here to do business with. I’m in love with a mafia princess who’s more guarded than the president. But none of that matters because I’m a stubborn Scotsman, and nothing will keep me from what...